Protectionist coastal shipping policy rescinded: China opens its coast to the international fleet
Pictured: a close-up of one of the bronze lions guarding the entrance to the “Gate of Supreme Harmony,” inside the Forbidden City, Beijing, China. Photo credit; Rafik Wahba via Unsplash.
China has been slowly easing its restrictive cabotage policy – the policy of prohibiting the carriage of cargo between two ports in the same nation by ships that do not fly the national flag.
The A.P. Moller-Maersk ship, “Merete Maersk” has loaded the first batch of Chinese coastal cargo at the port of Yangshan...